Niall Quinn talks about The Cranberries

September 9, 2012  |  Comments Off on Niall Quinn talks about The Cranberries  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

In an interview on BCR 92.6’s “The Lookout”, Niall Quinn (The Cranberry Saw Us first lead singer) talked about his short time with the band in the late 80’s/early 90’s and how he was accidentally involved with Dolores meeting the 3 boys.

I don’t know who was auditioning who because nobody knew anything about each other. We played some of the songs from what had been The Cranberry Saw Us at that time and she sang a couple of Sinead O’ Connor songs. We were jaw-dropping at her voice, because it was obviously very good.

Niall also talked about his new solo project “Theme Tune Boy”, his former band “The Hitchers” and the music scene in Limerick.

Listen to the interview on the BC Radio’s website (no longer available)
Select September 7th show.
Niall’s interview starts at 27:00

Thanks to Carmen for the info.

Vote for Angus Stone’s cover of “Dreams” now

September 3, 2012  |  1 Comments  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

As reported a few days ago, Guinness Australia is asking you to vote for your favorite Angus Stone cover, “Dreams” by The Cranberries or “The Blower’s Daughter” by Damien Rice.

The song with the most votes will be released on Arthur’s Guinness Day (September 28th), one day before Dreams 20th release date anniversary. Let’s try to celebrate this anniversary the Irish way: Listening to “Dreams” with a Guinness!

Will you vote for “Dreams” or “Blower’s Daughter” 🙂

Listen to a short sample on Guinness Australia’s FB and vote for “Dreams” by clicking the like button here.

Arthur’s Day on Guinness Australia’s Facebook

Guinness Australia to release a cover version of “Dreams”

August 30, 2012  |  2 Comments  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

On September 3rd, Guinness Australia will release on Facebook a cover version of The Cranberries first single “Dreams” recorded by Aussie singer Angus Stone.

The Australian artist was commissioned to record covers of two classic Irish tracks (“Dreams” by The Cranberries and “The Blower’s Daughter” by Damien Rice) to celebrate Arthur’s (Guinness) Day on September 28th. People will be asked to vote for their favorite cover and whichever song gets the most votes Angus will release and will donate the proceeds of the two songs to SurfAid, a charity helping to improve the health and educational opportunities of people in Indonesia.

Although Angus Stone said to prefer his Damien Rice cover, let’s try to make Dreams win! Results will be revealed on September 28th, one day before Dreams’ 20th release date anniversary. (pure coincidence!)

Check out the Guinness Australia Facebook page on September 3rd for more details.
(link no longer available)

Song of the day: “Won’t Leave No More”

August 26, 2012  |  2 Comments  |  by Luc  |  Mono Band

In celebration of the “Mono Band Week”, Cranberries World features a Mono Band song every day of this special week. Today’s the last day and we end this special week with the latest Mono Band track “Won’t Leave No More” featuring Fin Chambers.

Mono Band – “Won’t Leave No More”

In 2011, Noel brought Mono Band back to life by working on 5 new songs, three of them (“Waking Up all Over”, “Won’t Leave No More”, “Your Broken State”) confirmed to have been recorded with vocalist Fin Chambers. “Won’t Leave No More” was released on a charity compilation entitled “Life Support” in April 2012. “Life Support” is a compilation of exclusive tracks from some of the Ireland’s finest artists in aid of the Pieta House, a suicide and self-harm crisis centre located in Limerick.

Fin Chambers

Fin Chambers is the former lead singer of Irish band Woodstar. In 2005, he contributed two songs with Mono Band: “Release” (Mono Band album) and “She’s So Blue” (a free download track available on Mono Band’s official website at the time).

The CD version of “Life Support” is available on Delphi label while the digital version can be found on Band Camp.

Song of the day: “Black Hair”

August 25, 2012  |  Comments Off on Song of the day: “Black Hair”  |  by Luc  |  Mono Band

In celebration of the “Mono Band Week”, Cranberries World features a Mono Band song every day of this special week. Today’s pick is none other than “Black Hair” featuring Richard Walters.
(OK, this one is kind of an Arkitekt song)

Arkitekt – “Black Hair”

The “Black Hair” demo was first posted as a Mono Band song on the Mono Band MySpace page in February 2006. It was later offered for purchase on Indiestore in June 2006, also as a Mono Band track. The final version, produced by Bernard Butler, was released in October 2007 on Arkitekt’s “Black Hair” EP.

Richard Walters and Noel Hogan

In 2011, Richard Walters released a new version of the track on his second album “Pacing”. Richard Walters was the main Mono Band/Arkitekt contributor over the years. In 2007, Noel and him continued working together under the band name Arkitekt, which was more guitar-oriented and less electronica. Two years later, Walters released his first solo album “The Animal” then “Pacing” in 2011 and the “Young Trees” EP later that same year. Richard is about to release a new album “Regret Less” which is now available as a pre-release on pledgemusic.com.

Song of the day: “Hollow Man”

August 24, 2012  |  2 Comments  |  by Luc  |  Mono Band

In celebration of the “Mono Band Week”, Cranberries World features a Mono Band song every day of this special week. Today’s song is none other than “Hollow Man” featuring Nicolas Leroux.

Mono Band – “Hollow Man”

The song, which was also registered to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers database (ASCAP) as “No Crisis Allowed”, is the only Nicolas Leroux track on the Mono Band album, although the French singer and songwriter is known to have work on a second track.

Nicolas Leroux

Nicolas Leroux was the lead singer of French band Overhead, which released “Silent Witness” in 2002. The French vocalist also pursue his singing career as The Fugitive Kind.

“Harder Than You Think” exclusive 40-second audio clip revealed

August 24, 2012  |  1 Comments  |  by Luc  |  Mono Band

The mystery is over: here is an exclusive 40-second audio clip of Mono Band’s never-before-heard-of track called “Harder Than You Think” and featuring a brand new collaborator, Evi Vine. The audio clip, kindly offered by Noel himself for Cranberries World’s “Mono Band Week”, is the second of two unreleased tracks which are being revealed to fans for the first time ever!

Note that CW does not have the whole track!

Mono Band – “Harder Than You Think”

Few information about this collaboration have been revealed yet. It is unclear whether this song was part of the 2005 Mono Band album recordings or one of the new track Noel has worked on. (Evi confirmed that the track was recorded “a long time ago”.)

Evi Vine

Evi Vine is a singer/songwriter emerging from the UK’s underground music scene. Her debut album “…And So The Morning Comes” was released in April 2011.

Song of the day: “Miss P”

August 23, 2012  |  Comments Off on Song of the day: “Miss P”  |  by Luc  |  Mono Band

In celebration of the “Mono Band Week”, Cranberries World features a Mono Band song every day of this special week. Today’s song is none other than “Miss P” featuring Alexandra Hamnede. The song was produced by Noel Hogan, Matt Vaughan and Stephen Street. Also remixed by Steve Hillier and Ming & FS.

Mono Band – “Miss P”

Swedish singer Alexandra Hamnede co-wrote four songs on the 2005 “Mono Band” album, more than any other artists featured on this album. Throughout her career she has done a considerable amount of studio work, both as a lead and backup singer. She will be featured on one track (“Seriously”) on Afterlife’s new album “The White Island” to be released in September.

Alexandra Hamnede

You can buy the “Run Wild” CD-single (which also features the original version and Steve Hillier mix of “Miss P”) and the “Mono Band” album from the Gohan Records website. Both releases are also available as a digital download on the Gohan Records website and on most iTunes stores. Both remixes of “Miss P” are available on the iTunes version of Mono Band’s “Remixes“album.

Song of the day: “Crazy”

August 22, 2012  |  1 Comments  |  by Luc  |  Mono Band

In celebration of the “Mono Band Week”, Cranberries World features a Mono Band song every day of this special week. Today’s song is none other than “Crazy” featuring Kate Havnevik.

Mono Band – “Crazy”

The song is one of the highlight of the 2005 “Mono Band” album according to many reviews. A demo version of the song was released as a free download on Kate Havnevik’s website in April 2006. The song was also performed live by Alexandra Hamnede on several Mono Band shows.


Kate Havnevik

Norwegian singer Kate Havnevik performed with acts such as Röyksopp (“Only This Moment”) before releasing her first solo album “Melankton” in 2006. The first part of her follow up album “You” was released earlier this year while the second part is set to hit the stores this autumn.

The 2005 Mono Band album, which features “Crazy” can be ordered on the Gohan Records website. The release is also available as a digital download on the Gohan Records website and on most iTunes stores.

ʺFlameʺ exclusive 40-second audio clip revealed

August 22, 2012  |  5 Comments  |  by Luc  |  Mono Band

The wait is over: Exclusive 40-sec audio clip of Mono Band’s “Flame” featuring Kate Havnevik is here.
The audio clip, kindly offered by Noel Hogan for Cranberries World’s “Mono Band Week” is the first of two unreleased tracks which are being revealed to fans for the first time ever! Let’s hope for a full official release sometime in the near future.

Note that CW does not have the whole track!

Mono Band – “Flame”

“I did record a track with Kate called Flame explained Noel Hogan to Zombieguide.com in February 2006. “It was part of the first sessions I did with Kate, I think we did three or four tracks together. I am sure I will get around to using them at some stage.”

On November 26, 2007 the Monoband.co.uk website revealed that two previously unreleased tracks [‘Flame’ and ‘Angels’] featuring Kate Havnevik on vocals were being mixed by Noel and would be available for download soon after that… but the downloads never appeared.

Then, on March 15, 2011 Noel wrote on Twitter “Listening to a new mix of Mono Band Flame by Session Leopard. Really liking it, will have it online soon.”
This version also remains unreleased up to this date.

Song of the day: “Brighter Sky” [Ming & FS Remix]

August 21, 2012  |  Comments Off on Song of the day: “Brighter Sky” [Ming & FS Remix]  |  by Luc  |  Mono Band

In celebration of the “Mono Band Week”, Cranberries World features a Mono Band song every day of this special week. Today’s song is “Brighter Sky” [Ming & FS Remix] featuring Soname Yangchen.

Mono Band – “Brighter Sky” – Ming & FS Remix

“Brighter Sky” was aslo remixed by Steve Hillier, Lovesky and Stuhr. The orginal version of the song was produced by Noel Hogan, Matt Vaughan and Marius DeVries.

“I went with a different sound on ‘Brighter Sky’ because I needed to do something unlike anything I had ever done before. I knew at the time I wanted to take a different direction in the writing, I had been writing this way for many years, so it was more for myself then anything else. I was doing the best I could to get away from the sound that people were used to hearing from me, this is also the reason the track was put first on the album” told Noel Hogan in 2005.

Soname Yangchen

Soname Yangchen was born in Tibet and now lives in England. She performed with acts such as Zero 7 and the Asian Dub Foundation. She released two solo albums, “Unforgettable Land” (2006) and “Plateau” (2009).

All Mono Band remixes are available on the digital release of “Remixes” on iTunes. A signed limited edition vinyl featuring “Miss P” (Steve Hillier Mix), “Brighter Sky” (Steve Hillier Mix), “Brighter Sky” (Lovesky Mix), “Brighter Sky” (original version – Marius De Vries Mix) is also available on the Gohan Records website.

Song of the day: “Waves”

August 20, 2012  |  1 Comments  |  by Luc  |  Mono Band

In celebration of the “Mono Band Week”, Cranberries World will feature a Mono Band song every day of this special week. We start off today with “Waves” featuring Richard Walters.

Mono Band – “Waves” – The sole live performance on TV

“Waves” was the first single released from the 2005 “Mono Band” album.
“A big influence for this track came from listening to an album by Stina Nordenstam called ‘And She Closed Her Eyes’. I have always been a big fan of this album, I hadn’t heard it for ages and then when I was in the middle of recording the album I started listening to the album again. The result was Waves” told Noel Hogan in 2005.

The song, produced by Noel Hogan, Matt Vaughan and Stephen Street also features drums by Cranberries member Fergal Lawler.

Richard Walters was the main Mono Band/Arkitekt contributor over the years. In 2007, Noel and him continued working together under the band name “Arkitekt”. Two years later, Walters released his first solo album “The Animal” then “Pacing” in 2011 (which features new versions of his Arkitekt collaboration with Noel) and the “Young Trees” EP later that same year. Richard is about to release a new album “Regret Less” which is now available as a pre-release on pledgemusic.com.

You can buy the “Waves” CD-single and the 2005 “Mono Band” album from the Gohan Records website. Both releases are also available as digital downloads on the Gohan Records website and on most iTunes stores.

Poll: Your favorite “Mono Band” (2005) song

August 20, 2012  |  3 Comments  |  by Luc  |  Mono Band

Tell Cranberries World which of the 12 songs from the 2005 “Mono Band” album is your favorite.

Which 'Mono Band' album track is your favorite?

  • Waves (feat. Richard Walters) (29%, 9 Votes)
  • Brighter Sky (feat. Soname Yangchen) (16%, 5 Votes)
  • Hollow Man (feat. Nicolas LeRoux) (16%, 5 Votes)
  • Crazy (feat. Kate Havnevik) (13%, 4 Votes)
  • Home (feat. Richard Walters) (10%, 3 Votes)
  • Release (feat. Fin Chambers) (6%, 2 Votes)
  • Why? (feat. Alexandra Hamnede) (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Invitation (feat. Alexandra Hamnede) (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Miss P (feat. Alexandra Hamnede) (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Run Wild (feat. Alexandra Hamnede) (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Indecisive (feat. Richard Walters) (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Coyotes & Helicopters (feat. Angie Hart) (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 31

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Mono Band Week starts tomorrow

August 19, 2012  |  3 Comments  |  by Luc  |  Mono Band

Starting tomorrow Monday, Cranberries World will celebrate Noel Hogan’s side projects with the “Mono Band Week”. And we have a few surprises along the way…

New information about Noel’s side projects will be added to the Cranberries World site over the next week and a theme will be featured every day. We’ll start off the “Mono Band Week” Monday with the 2005 eponymous release. On Tuesday, it will be all about the Mono Band remixes. Then, we will post information about demos and other digital releases (Wednesday), concerts (Thursday), promo performances and unreleased songs (Friday), Arkitekt (Saturday) and the 2011/2012 Mono Band rebirth (Sunday).

Our “Mono Band Week” starts tomorrow

Speaking of unreleased songs, Noel himself was kind enough to provide us with 40-second audio clips of two unreleased songs (actually, he sent us three, but one of them was “She So Blue”, which was already released as a free digital download in 2005). So be sure to visit our site every day or follow us on Twitter or Facebook to be the first listeners of these two never-before-heard audio clips. One of the two tracks is performed by a vocalist featured on the first Mono Band album, the second one features a brand new singer (and no, it is not the Eagle-Eye Cherry track!)

Poll: Which “Roses” track should be the next single? + promo ideas (UPDATED)

August 10, 2012  |  9 Comments  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

As The Cranberries will take off the European leg of the “Roses Tour” this Autumn, CW is asking you which track of the new album should be the next single. Note that “Tomorrow”, “Raining in My Heart”, “Waiting in Walthamstow” and “Show Me” were not included as these tracks were already sent to radio, at least in some countries.

Speaking of promotion of the upcoming shows in Europe, why not ask Cooking Vinyl -The Cranberries record company- to take advantage of this tour and release a complete session edition of “Roses” which could include the 6 bonus tracks (“Always”, “In It Together”, “Perfect World”, “Serendipity”, “Someday”, “Stop Me”) and a couple of the acoustic tracks (“There Is A Light…”, “Tomorrow”, “Raining in My Heart”, “Roses”…) the band performed on radio since January. Remember that many fans were disappointed this Winter not to have this material on a good old CD.

Do you have any ideas to promote the album and the tour for the upcoming months? Share them with us!


UPDATE – AUGUST 21

Unfortunately we had to delete this poll as we found out that one of the site visitor voted for “Schizophrenic Playboys” on multiple occasions. Since the results did not reflect the opinion of the Cran-community (1 vote by visitor), we prefer not to show them on the site. Remember that those polls are made just for fun, to get a clearer view of what the Cran-community likes best. This is not a competition to get your favorite song, album or other answers in first place. Next polls will be done by email for a better control of the votes. Thanks to other visitors for their vote and support.

“Raining in My Heart” promo CD: most probably real

August 6, 2012  |  Comments Off on “Raining in My Heart” promo CD: most probably real  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

As reported 2 days ago, a “Raining in My Heart” promo CD-single surfaced on eBay in the last week.
This CD is anything but fake!
The promo CD was released by the Lindsey Holmes Publicity agency (LHP) from Dublin.
This agency is in charge of the band’s promotion in Ireland.
The single was also played a couple of times on Ireland national radio station RTÉ.

“Raining in My Heart” promo CD-single surfaces

August 4, 2012  |  2 Comments  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

As The Cranberries are on their Summer holiday, another promo CD appeared on eBay, this time “Raining in My Heart”. Two months ago a promo CD-single for “Waiting in Walthamstow” was also on sale on the auction website. More copies surfaced since then. “Waiting in Walthamstow” was intented for the U.K. market. As for “Raining in My Heart” both copies on eBay come from Dublin, Ireland.

Promo CD as appeared on eBay. Probably front and back of the sheet + CD-R  

Fake or real… What do you think? Was a promo campaign for RIMH planned before Dolores decided to take a break from touring? For info, remember that “Raining in My Heart” was aired on several radio stations in Italy last March.

Noel on Smart Arts: “I didn’t really think we could go very far because we come from Limerick”

July 29, 2012  |  Comments Off on Noel on Smart Arts: “I didn’t really think we could go very far because we come from Limerick”  |  by Luc  |  Mono Band, The Cranberries

Noel Hogan reflected on his pre-stardom years as a musician and meeting Dolores at the Xeric studios on his “Smart Arts” series interview.

“Lots of songs from the first album were just instrumentals for months and months [before we met Dolores]” explained Hogan.

Hogan spoke about the first album’s slow start and empty venues in the UK until “Linger” became a hit in the USA.

Noel also spoke about The Cranberries hiatus and his Mono Band project. “I started getting interested into other things, listening to other people -what they were playing and doing- and I kinda thought ‘You know this is more interesting to me than what were are doing’. I could see how you could make electronics stuff with guitars and it kinda interest me a lot.”

Noel finished up the interview talking about his work as a producer and The Cranberries reunion.

You can listen to the whole interview here, thanks to ciaranryanproduction2 on Soundcloud

Noel in the latest issue of “Hot Press”

July 13, 2012  |  7 Comments  |  by Luc  |  Mono Band, The Cranberries

Noel Hogan is featured in a one-page article entitled “Hogan’s Run” in the latest issue of the Irish magazine Hot Press. Here’s a picture of the article provided by Noel himself on his public Facebook page. If anyone has a clearer scan don’t hesitate to share it with us.

SPIN South West: Noel’s interview moved to July 27th

July 13, 2012  |  Comments Off on SPIN South West: Noel’s interview moved to July 27th  |  by Luc  |  Mono Band, The Cranberries

Noel Hogan’s interview on SPIN South West Radio has moved.
Tune in on SPIN web radio player at 2:15 pm to 2:35 pm (Ireland time zone) Friday, July 27th.

SPIN South West sets out to prove that the South West contains some of Ireland’s most creative individuals, with a new arts/culture series “Smart Arts” that starts this coming Friday, June 29th. Over five consecutive Fridays, everything from knitwear design to literature to film-making and design to rock and pop stardom will all be covered in this profiling series.
The Cranberries and guitarist Noel Hogan speaks to SPIN on July 27th. Ever wonder who was beyond the album cover for DJ Shadow’s seminal hip-hop record Entroducing? None other than Limerick’s Brian Cross, aka B+, who has spent the past two decades in LA, writing, filming, photographing, and djing, and is featured on the July 20th edition of “Smart Arts”.

Source: Noel Hogan Public Facebook

Noel Hogan in interview next month (UPDATED)

June 29, 2012  |  1 Comments  |  by Luc  |  Mono Band, The Cranberries

Noel Hogan published yesterday on his public Facebook a message to announce his upcoming interview on Ireland’s SPIN South West Radio (94.7 FM) next July 13th for the Smart Arts series.
Tune in on SPIN web radio player at 2:15 pm to 2:35 pm on Friday, July 13th.


UPDATE – JULY 13

New date, July 27th, for the upcoming interview at SPIN South West radio. Below the new message published yesterday on Noel’s Facebook:

SPIN South West sets out to prove that the South West contains some of Ireland’s most creative individuals, with a new arts/culture series “Smart Arts” that starts this coming Friday, June 29th. Over five consecutive Fridays, everything from knitwear design to literature to film-making and design to rock and pop stardom will all be covered in this profiling series.
The Cranberries and guitarist Noel Hogan speaks to SPIN on July 27th. Ever wonder who was beyond the album cover for DJ Shadow’s seminal hip-hop record Entroducing? None other than Limerick’s Brian Cross, aka B+, who has spent the past two decades in LA, writing, filming, photographing, and djing, and is featured on the July 20th edition of “Smart Arts”.

Border Crossings video interview now online

June 13, 2012  |  2 Comments  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

You can now watch The Cranberries video inteview from “Border Crossings” thanks to its host, Larry London. The video (720p) was posted on Larry London’s Facebook and features interview plus live performance of “Linger”. The second song performed that day, “Raining in My Heart”, is not included.


Border Crossings video available – Screen cap from Larry London’s Facebook

New songs in the oven for The Cranberries

June 12, 2012  |  2 Comments  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

In an interview on Voice of America last month in Washington D.C. for “Border Crossings”, The Cranberries told host Larry London that they were starting to write new songs for a possible seventh album. Noel explained that the band will take its time before recording these new tracks though.

We’re not gonna rush into it, when we think it’s ready, we’ll do it. We learned from our mistakes. Before, we might have gone into do an album before we were actually prepared for it. Later on, it’s when you listen back to it, you think I could have done better.

More information about the “Border Crossings” interview soon…

Last promo performance went under the radar [Update #2]

June 12, 2012  |  1 Comments  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

On May 14th The Cranberries were guests at “Border Crossings” on Voice of America (VOA) where they performed “Linger” and “Raining in My Heart”. Unfortunately, it seems like this performance went under the radar in the fan community as the band did not announce it on socials as they used to. Remember that during the Winter promo tour Noel Hogan usually informed the fans via his Twitter account now closed.

The Cranberries at Border Crossings (photo credit: insidevoa.com)

Fortunately the good people of Voice of America sent us the mp3 of the interview and performances and gave us permission to post it on CW.
Many thanks to them!

Border Crossings – Full audio (live & interview)

Cranberries and Dolores fan communities are now closed

June 8, 2012  |  20 Comments  |  by Luc  |  Dolores O'Riordan, The Cranberries

Sad day for The Cranberries fan community: both the group and Dolores’ official fan community sites have been closed today. Last month a spokeperson from the band team informed fans that both communities would close in June as the band decided to only use Facebook for communication with/between fans.

Few weeks earlier Noel Hogan also closed his Twitter account. Noel was the only band member to interact with fans on the internet and pass on some useful information about the band performances and reactions.

Let’s hope that the band will use their Facebook account more frequently to inform and interact with fans when they get back to work in October. From 1998 to 2003, Fergal (and sometimes other members of the band) wrote some messages to fans while touring and recording albums. Those messages, originally posted on the band’s website, can still be found here.

You can also access other fan forum on the web:
Cranberries-fan (English)
Pretty Dolores (French)
I Still Dream (Italian)

Noel Hogan gets back to his Mono Band project

June 4, 2012  |  4 Comments  |  by Luc  |  Mono Band

Noel Hogan makes the most of The Cranberries sudden pause by working on some “potential new Mono Band tracks”.

The Cranberries postponed their Summer Tour, as lead singer Dolores O’ Riordan needed a couple of month to rest. The band will resume their tour activities next October.

Last April, Mono Band released a track featuring Finn Chambers on the “Life Support” compilation. You can listen to the track (“Won’t Leave No More”) and buy the album here

The Cranberries official statement; Dolores apologizes to fans

June 4, 2012  |  3 Comments  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

The Cranberries and their managing company have released an official statement published on their official website today about their Summer tour cancelation.

For personal reasons I would prefer to keep private, it turns out that this is not a good time for me to be on the road this Summer. I apologize to the fans and promise that The Cranberries will be at our best for the rescheduled shows.

The Cranberries World team wishes Dolores all the rest she needs this Summer with her family and friends.

Click here to read the full statement. (link no longer available)

Philadelphia show rescheduled

May 12, 2012  |  Comments Off on Philadelphia show rescheduled  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

Philadelphia’s show has been rescheduled for Saturday, May 19th.
Below the message published on the venue’s Twitter account:

“Cranberries Update
The show has been rescheduled for Sat, May 19th
All tickets honored
Thanks for your patience and understanding”

Dolores on Q104.3

May 7, 2012  |  1 Comments  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

Dolores was guest of “Out Of The Box” on New York’s Q104.3 last week. Among other things she talked about how quickly she wrote “Zombie” back in the 90’s, why she does not bring her kids on tour and the recording of “Roses”.

When asked to pick a song of The Cranberries’ latest album to be aired after the interview, Dolores chose “Losing My Mind”. She told the host that she likes that song because of its experimental aspects. “The verses are soft and vulnerable and sweet while the choruses are loud in-your-face guitars.”

Out Of The Box – Q104.3

Philadelphia show postponed

May 5, 2012  |  Comments Off on Philadelphia show postponed  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

Electric Factory just confirmed via Twitter that tonight’s show has been postponed. The Cranberries have not released a statement yet. We wish Dolores all the best and hope she’ll be in good shape for the Montréal show next Tuesday [where I’ll be at! 😉 ].

“Due to illness tonights Cranberries show has been postponed.
Please check back 5/6 for an announcement on what we hope is a quick reschedule.”

The Cranberries start North American tour

May 3, 2012  |  5 Comments  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

The Cranberries started the first North American leg of the Roses Tour yesterday in New York City. The band played Terminal 5 on Wednesday with a setlist identical to their latest Oceania/Asia Greatest Hits shows from last March and April.

The same five tracks from “Roses” were performed (“Astral Projections” still out!!) as well as their collection of older hits and usual non-single tracks. A setlist to please the general public and the occasional fans.Those who hoped for a fresher set -one that would have been much different from the 2009 Reunion Tour- will be disappointed. The band seems to have chosen continuity over diversity.

But one thing that will please all fans is the performance quality that the band delivers on this tour. Here’s a taste of what you’ll get to enjoy in the next weeks in a city near you!

Conduct – Terminal 5 – New York City

Poll: Your “dream setlist” (final round)

April 27, 2012  |  4 Comments  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

This week,  the final round of the “dream setlist” poll. Chose 20 tracks from the top 7 songs of each album era voted by all of you in the past two weeks. No limitation by album.

Remember that this has nothing to do with the current tour nor with the band itself. This is not a competition, but an interactive way to see what songs fans like to hear live. Vote for each poll once. Spam votes will be deleted.

What is your dream setlist? (Pick 20)

  • Schizophrenic Playboys (4%, 97 Votes)
  • Zombie (3%, 92 Votes)
  • Promises (3%, 91 Votes)
  • Daffodil Lament (3%, 88 Votes)
  • Conduct (3%, 87 Votes)
  • Dreams (3%, 87 Votes)
  • Forever Yellow Skies (3%, 86 Votes)
  • Ridiculous Thoughts (3%, 85 Votes)
  • Hollywood (3%, 80 Votes)
  • So Cold in Ireland (3%, 76 Votes)
  • Animal Instinct (3%, 75 Votes)
  • Ode to My Family (3%, 75 Votes)
  • Loud and Clear (3%, 74 Votes)
  • Astral Projections (3%, 73 Votes)
  • Electric Blue (3%, 73 Votes)
  • Shattered (3%, 73 Votes)
  • Linger (3%, 70 Votes)
  • Raining in My Heart (2%, 67 Votes)
  • Salvation (2%, 67 Votes)
  • Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2%, 64 Votes)
  • When You're Gone (2%, 62 Votes)
  • I Can't Be With You (2%, 61 Votes)
  • Sunday (2%, 60 Votes)
  • Perfect World (2%, 58 Votes)
  • I'm Still Remembering (2%, 56 Votes)
  • Just My Imagination (2%, 55 Votes)
  • Stars (2%, 55 Votes)
  • Cordell (2%, 54 Votes)
  • Liar (2%, 53 Votes)
  • Still Can't... (2%, 53 Votes)
  • This Is The Day (2%, 52 Votes)
  • Waltzing Back (2%, 51 Votes)
  • Not Sorry (2%, 51 Votes)
  • Stop Me (2%, 49 Votes)
  • Disappointment (2%, 46 Votes)
  • Delilah (2%, 44 Votes)
  • Analyse (2%, 43 Votes)
  • I Really Hope (2%, 43 Votes)
  • Never Grow Old (2%, 42 Votes)
  • New New York (2%, 41 Votes)
  • Show Me (1%, 39 Votes)
  • Fee Fi Fo (1%, 37 Votes)

Total Voters: 139

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The Cranberries in Lebanon next July

April 23, 2012  |  Comments Off on The Cranberries in Lebanon next July  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

The Cranberries will be part of the Beiteddine Festival in Beirut, Lebanon next July.
The band will perform at the Beiteddine Palace on July 14.
This will mark the first visit of The Cranberries in this Middle East country.

Source: beirutnightlife.com

Listen to Mono Band’s “Won’t Leave No More”

April 23, 2012  |  Comments Off on Listen to Mono Band’s “Won’t Leave No More”  |  by Luc  |  Mono Band

Listen to the full track of “Won’t Leave No More” on Bandcamp.com.
The “Life Support” album is on sale on this site in digital format.
“Life Support” is also available on Delphi Label both digital and CD.

Poll results: Your dream setlist (part 2)

April 20, 2012  |  1 Comments  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

Here are the results of the second part of the “dream setlist” poll…
Remember that this has nothing to do with the current tour nor with the band itself. This is not a competition but an interactive way to see what songs fans like to hear live.
Up next, the final round.

Which of the 'Bury the Hatchet' era tracks would be part of your dream setlist? (Pick 5)

  • Promises (14%, 76 Votes)
  • Loud and Clear (11%, 58 Votes)
  • Animal Instinct (10%, 56 Votes)
  • Shattered (10%, 55 Votes)
  • Just My Imagination (6%, 35 Votes)
  • Delilah (6%, 35 Votes)
  • Fee Fi Fo (5%, 30 Votes)
  • Desperate Andy (5%, 30 Votes)
  • What's On My Mind (5%, 28 Votes)
  • You and Me (4%, 21 Votes)
  • Dying in the Sun (4%, 20 Votes)
  • Woman Without Pride (4%, 20 Votes)
  • Such a Shame (3%, 18 Votes)
  • Saving Grace (3%, 16 Votes)
  • Paparazzi on Mopeds (3%, 16 Votes)
  • Sorry Son (3%, 15 Votes)
  • Sweetest Thing (2%, 12 Votes)
  • Copycat (1%, 7 Votes)
  • Baby Blues (1%, 4 Votes)

Total Voters: 122

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Which of the 'Wake Up...'/'Stars' era tracks would be part of your dream setlist? (Pick 5)

  • This Is the Day (13%, 60 Votes)
  • Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (12%, 57 Votes)
  • Never Grow Old (10%, 44 Votes)
  • Stars (10%, 44 Votes)
  • New New York (9%, 40 Votes)
  • Analyse (8%, 39 Votes)
  • I Really Hope (8%, 38 Votes)
  • Such a Waste (6%, 28 Votes)
  • Time Is Ticking Out (4%, 19 Votes)
  • The Concept (3%, 12 Votes)
  • Do You Know (2%, 11 Votes)
  • Carry On (2%, 11 Votes)
  • Capetown (2%, 11 Votes)
  • Dying Inside (2%, 10 Votes)
  • Chocolate Brown (2%, 10 Votes)
  • Many Days (2%, 10 Votes)
  • In the Ghetto (2%, 9 Votes)
  • Every Morning (2%, 7 Votes)
  • Pretty Eyes (1%, 3 Votes)

Total Voters: 113

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Which of the 'Roses' era tracks would be part of your dream setlist? (Pick 5)

  • Conduct (14%, 75 Votes)
  • Schizophrenic Playboys (12%, 64 Votes)
  • Astral Projections (9%, 46 Votes)
  • Raining in My Heart (8%, 40 Votes)
  • Show Me (7%, 36 Votes)
  • Stop Me (7%, 36 Votes)
  • Perfect World (6%, 33 Votes)
  • Tomorrow (6%, 32 Votes)
  • Someday (6%, 30 Votes)
  • In It Together (5%, 29 Votes)
  • Waiting in Walthamstow (5%, 25 Votes)
  • Losing My Mind (4%, 22 Votes)
  • Roses (4%, 19 Votes)
  • Fire & Soul (2%, 13 Votes)
  • Always (2%, 11 Votes)
  • So Good (2%, 9 Votes)
  • Serendipity (2%, 9 Votes)

Total Voters: 118

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Poll Results: Your dream setlist (part one)

April 19, 2012  |  1 Comments  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

The poll has ended and now the results are in…
There were a couple of surprises in the results. Some long forgotten tracks like “Not Sorry”, “So Cold in Ireland” and “Forever Yellow Skies” got so many votes that they ended up on the top 5 of their respective album era polls. Other tracks, that haven’t been played in a while got lot of votes (“Sunday”, “Liar”, “Hollywood”, “Electric Blue”).

On the other hand, some permanent songs on the band’s set list, like “Wanted” and “Free to Decide”, failed to make it to the top 10 of each poll, but most singles ended up in the top 5. Keep in mind that this poll was done for the fun of it and that it has nothing to do with the current tour nor the band itself. This is your collective “fantasy” setlist results. The second part of the poll will start on Friday. Here are the final results of part 1:

Which of the 'Everybody Else.../Uncertain' era tracks would be part of your dream setlist? (Pick 5)

  • Dreams (10%, 73 Votes)
  • Sunday (9%, 65 Votes)
  • Liar (8%, 55 Votes)
  • Not Sorry (8%, 55 Votes)
  • Linger (8%, 55 Votes)
  • Waltzing Back (7%, 50 Votes)
  • Still Can't... (6%, 47 Votes)
  • I Still Do (6%, 45 Votes)
  • I Will Always (5%, 38 Votes)
  • How (5%, 37 Votes)
  • Nothing Left at All (5%, 36 Votes)
  • Wanted (5%, 33 Votes)
  • Put Me Down (4%, 31 Votes)
  • Uncertain (3%, 24 Votes)
  • Pathetic Senses (3%, 22 Votes)
  • What You Were (2%, 18 Votes)
  • Pretty (2%, 17 Votes)
  • Them (2%, 14 Votes)
  • Reason (2%, 13 Votes)

Total Voters: 161

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Which of the 'No Need To Argue' era tracks would be part of your dream setlist? (Pick 5)

  • So Cold in Ireland (11%, 80 Votes)
  • Daffodil Lament (10%, 74 Votes)
  • Zombie (9%, 68 Votes)
  • Ridiculous Thoughts (9%, 66 Votes)
  • I Can't Be With You (7%, 54 Votes)
  • Ode to My Family (6%, 48 Votes)
  • Disappointment (6%, 47 Votes)
  • No Need to Argue (6%, 47 Votes)
  • Twenty One (6%, 46 Votes)
  • Yeat's Grave (6%, 44 Votes)
  • Empty (5%, 41 Votes)
  • I Don't Need (5%, 37 Votes)
  • Everything I Said (4%, 32 Votes)
  • Dreaming My Dreams (3%, 25 Votes)
  • The Icicle Melts (3%, 22 Votes)
  • Away (2%, 13 Votes)
  • (They Long to Be) Close to You (1%, 7 Votes)

Total Voters: 156

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Which of the 'To The Faithful Departed' era tracks would be part of your dream setlist? (Pick 5)

  • Forever Yellow Skies (11%, 85 Votes)
  • Electric Blue (9%, 71 Votes)
  • Hollywood (9%, 71 Votes)
  • Salvation (7%, 56 Votes)
  • When You're Gone (7%, 55 Votes)
  • I'm Still Remembering (7%, 54 Votes)
  • Cordell (7%, 53 Votes)
  • God Be With You (7%, 51 Votes)
  • The Rebels (6%, 44 Votes)
  • I Just Shot John Lennon (5%, 38 Votes)
  • Go Your Own Way (5%, 36 Votes)
  • The Picture I View (4%, 34 Votes)
  • Free to Decide (4%, 32 Votes)
  • Joe (4%, 32 Votes)
  • Bosnia (4%, 27 Votes)
  • War Child (2%, 15 Votes)
  • Will You Remember? (2%, 14 Votes)
  • Intermission (0%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 159

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Pictures from Kiss Kiss Radio

April 19, 2012  |  Comments Off on Pictures from Kiss Kiss Radio  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

The Italian radio “Kiss Kiss Radio” published on their Facebook a few pictures of the 3 guys’ inside their “studi milanesi” last February 20. Here’s 3 of them below:

with radio hosts Marco, Marisol and Giò

Listen back to the interview here.

American TV series features Cranberries classic

April 19, 2012  |  Comments Off on American TV series features Cranberries classic  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

U.S. TV series Suburgatory featured The Cranberries classic “Linger” on last night’s episode entitled “Entering Eden”. The show featured Jeremy Sisto, who plays the main character, and guest star Alicia Silverstone.

Alicia Silverstone and Jeremy Sisto – “Suburgatory” (2012)

As you may remember the two actors already worked togheter on the 90’s movie Clueless which also featured a Cranberries song “Away”. Back then Jeremy Sisto played Elton, you know, the guy who couldn’t find his Cranberries CD and had to go to the quad before anyone snags it.
(watch again below!!)

I can’t find my Cranberries CD…

For all the 90’s teens out there, last night’s Suburgatory episode was packed with references to this movie.
US and Canadian residents can watch the episode online, respectively on ABC.com and CityTV.com

Alicia Silverstone and Jeremy Sisto – “Clueless” (1995)

Vintage Trouble to tour with The Cranberries

April 18, 2012  |  1 Comments  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

Los Angeles-based band Vintage Trouble will be The Cranberries support act for the North American dates of the Roses Tour. The foursome features vocalist Ty Taylor, guitarist Nalle Colt, drummer Richard Danielson and bassist Rick Barrio Dill.

Vintage Trouble with The Cranberries Tour Dates:
5/2 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY
5/4 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY
5/5 – Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA
5/8 – Metropolis – Montreal, QC
5/11 – House Of Blues – Boston, MA
5/12 – MGM Grand Theatre – Mashantucket, CT
5/14 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
5/16 – Riviera Theatre – Chicago, IL
5/17 – The Brick – Minneapolis, MN

Vintage Trouble – “Blues Hand Me Down”

Source: The Daily Rind

Cranberries World now on Facebook

April 13, 2012  |  2 Comments  |  by Luc  |  Other News

CW is now on Facebook. Visit our new (and under construction) page here.
We’ll post our news there as well…

Cheers!

Poll: Your dream setlist (part one)

April 13, 2012  |  8 Comments  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

This week, chose 5 tracks from each first three albums that would be part of your dream setlist. Remember that this has nothing to do with the current tour nor with the band itself. This is not a competition, but an interactive way to see what songs fans like to hear live. Vote for each poll once. Spam votes will be deleted. Next week, Bury the Hatchet, Wake Up/Stars and Roses.

Which of the 'Everybody Else.../Uncertain' era tracks would be part of your dream setlist? (Pick 5)

  • Dreams (10%, 73 Votes)
  • Sunday (9%, 65 Votes)
  • Liar (8%, 55 Votes)
  • Not Sorry (8%, 55 Votes)
  • Linger (8%, 55 Votes)
  • Waltzing Back (7%, 50 Votes)
  • Still Can't... (6%, 47 Votes)
  • I Still Do (6%, 45 Votes)
  • I Will Always (5%, 38 Votes)
  • How (5%, 37 Votes)
  • Nothing Left at All (5%, 36 Votes)
  • Wanted (5%, 33 Votes)
  • Put Me Down (4%, 31 Votes)
  • Uncertain (3%, 24 Votes)
  • Pathetic Senses (3%, 22 Votes)
  • What You Were (2%, 18 Votes)
  • Pretty (2%, 17 Votes)
  • Them (2%, 14 Votes)
  • Reason (2%, 13 Votes)

Total Voters: 161

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Which of the 'No Need To Argue' era tracks would be part of your dream setlist? (Pick 5)

  • So Cold in Ireland (11%, 80 Votes)
  • Daffodil Lament (10%, 74 Votes)
  • Zombie (9%, 68 Votes)
  • Ridiculous Thoughts (9%, 66 Votes)
  • I Can't Be With You (7%, 54 Votes)
  • Ode to My Family (6%, 48 Votes)
  • Disappointment (6%, 47 Votes)
  • No Need to Argue (6%, 47 Votes)
  • Twenty One (6%, 46 Votes)
  • Yeat's Grave (6%, 44 Votes)
  • Empty (5%, 41 Votes)
  • I Don't Need (5%, 37 Votes)
  • Everything I Said (4%, 32 Votes)
  • Dreaming My Dreams (3%, 25 Votes)
  • The Icicle Melts (3%, 22 Votes)
  • Away (2%, 13 Votes)
  • (They Long to Be) Close to You (1%, 7 Votes)

Total Voters: 156

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Which of the 'To The Faithful Departed' era tracks would be part of your dream setlist? (Pick 5)

  • Forever Yellow Skies (11%, 85 Votes)
  • Electric Blue (9%, 71 Votes)
  • Hollywood (9%, 71 Votes)
  • Salvation (7%, 56 Votes)
  • When You're Gone (7%, 55 Votes)
  • I'm Still Remembering (7%, 54 Votes)
  • Cordell (7%, 53 Votes)
  • God Be With You (7%, 51 Votes)
  • The Rebels (6%, 44 Votes)
  • I Just Shot John Lennon (5%, 38 Votes)
  • Go Your Own Way (5%, 36 Votes)
  • The Picture I View (4%, 34 Votes)
  • Free to Decide (4%, 32 Votes)
  • Joe (4%, 32 Votes)
  • Bosnia (4%, 27 Votes)
  • War Child (2%, 15 Votes)
  • Will You Remember? (2%, 14 Votes)
  • Intermission (0%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 159

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The Cranberries get a few weeks off

April 10, 2012  |  1 Comments  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

The Cranberries finished their mini Asian tour today at the Araneta Coliseum in Manila, Philippines. The setlist was similar to the one from their previous show in Hong Kong.

Asian fans were the first to enjoy a live version of “Losing My Mind” from the “Roses” album on this tour. The band also performed “Tomorrow”, “Raining in My Heart”, “Schizophrenic Playboys” and “Conduct”. The Cranberries also made a few changes to their setlist of olders songs: “Wanted”, “Dreaming My Dreams” and “Animal Instinct” were replaced by “How”, “Put Me Down” and “Analyse” on the last 3 shows. “Animal Instinct” was put back in the setlist on the last 2 shows while “Promises” got bumped away.

The Cranberries will now take a few well-deserved weeks off before their Canadian/Northeastern American tour in May, then Europe in June and July. Tickets are now on sale and few dates are already sold out (Washington, New York City [first night of two], Montréal, Paris). For more information visit the official website of the band at cranberries.com.

Any more changes to the setlist on the upcoming tour? We’ll have to wait until May 2 to see if the band will include other tracks from Roses and different fan-favorite oldies like “Sunday”, “Liar”, “Forever Yellow Skies”, “Shattered” and so many more!

Changing setlists!

April 7, 2012  |  Comments Off on Changing setlists!  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

The Cranberries started to change their setlists on the Asian leg of the “Roses Tour”. In Taipei the band replaced “Wanted”, “Dreaming My Dreams” and “Animal Instinct” with “How”, “Put Me Down” and “Analyse”.

A few days before in Kuala Lumpur, The Cranberries introduced “Losing My Mind” which took “Roses” spot on the set. Five tracks from “Roses” are now currently played live.

Glimpse of “Losing My Mind” in Taipei

Perform at the Cognac’s Blues Passions festival

April 6, 2012  |  1 Comments  |  by Luc  |  Other News

Hennessy International is giving their Facebook fans a chance to perform at the Cognac’s Blues Passions festival 2012 – where The Cranberries will also be featured.

People can submit a video entry of their own performance to the “Be Heard. Be Found.” tab on the Hennessy +Country Facebook page, submitting their music online for a chance to take their music to the Blues Passions festival stage.

All video entries will be judged by an esteemed judging panel including: Hennessy International, Blues Passions, and Clash Magazine before being given to the public to vote on the “Be Heard. Be Found.” tab on Facebook. The final step will see the judging panel pick their top three finalists to take their music from online
to onstage at Blues Passions, a festival that has hosted performances by musical legends including B.B. King, Gil Scott Heron and Ray Charles as well as Massive Attack, Moby, Taj Mahal, and Jamie Cullum.

The “Be Heard. Be Found.” talent quest are looking for musicians that can bring their own musical uniqueness and dynamic performances to Blues Passions. Staying true to the roots of music and the Blues heritage carried out by the festival, all entries must fit into the genres of Blues, Soul, Funk, Folk, R & B, Boogie, Swing, Country, Gospel, Hip Hop, Slam, Rock’n Roll …

The “Be heard. Be found.” Talent Quest opens Monday 9th April, 2012.

Check out the Hennessy Facebook page for more information. (link no longer available)

Fans chose “Conduct” as favorite song from ‘Roses’

April 6, 2012  |  Comments Off on Fans chose “Conduct” as favorite song from ‘Roses’  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

CW readers chose “Conduct” as their favorite song from The Cranberries latest album “Roses”. The first track from the album came first at 31%, followed by “Schizophrenic Playboys” at 23%. “Astral Projections” (14%) and “Raining in My Heart” (9%) took the 3rd and 4th spots.

Surprisingly “Tomorrow” -the first single- finished second last. This might be explained by the fact that the song was released more than three months before the album and does not feel as new as the rest of the songs.

There is still no word about the release of the second single (or third if you count “Show Me”), except in Italy, where “Raining in My Heart” was released to radio stations last month.

Here are the final results of the poll:

What is your favorite song from 'Roses'?

  • Conduct (31%, 47 Votes)
  • Schizophrenic Playboys (23%, 35 Votes)
  • Astral Projections (14%, 21 Votes)
  • Raining in My Heart (9%, 13 Votes)
  • Show Me (6%, 9 Votes)
  • Roses (6%, 9 Votes)
  • Losing My Mind (3%, 5 Votes)
  • So Good (3%, 5 Votes)
  • Waiting in Walthamstow (2%, 3 Votes)
  • Tomorrow (1%, 2 Votes)
  • Fire and Soul (1%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 150

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You can now vote for your favorite bonus track from Roses. The poll ends on April 13.

Poll results: Which of the ‘Roses’ bonus track is your favorite?

April 6, 2012  |  Comments Off on Poll results: Which of the ‘Roses’ bonus track is your favorite?  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

Four songs almost finished head to head in this poll… See the final results here:

Which of the 'Roses' bonus track is your favorite?

  • Someday (21%, 18 Votes)
  • Perfect World (19%, 16 Votes)
  • Serendipity (19%, 16 Votes)
  • In It Together (18%, 15 Votes)
  • Stop Me (15%, 13 Votes)
  • Always (8%, 7 Votes)

Total Voters: 93

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Note that obvious SPAM VOTES have been deleted. People were allowed to vote once. Remember that this is not a competition to “make your favorite song win”, but a way to see which song(s) fans prefer.

“Liar” gets the vinyl treatment

April 6, 2012  |  1 Comments  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

Universal Music Enterprises will release a limited edition of the Empire Records soundtrack on vinyl for the Record Store Day on April 21. The 1995 soundtrack features The Cranberries’ “Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?” B-side “Liar”.

This is the first time the Empire Records soundtrack will be available on vinyl.
Only 5,000 copies will be pressed on orange vinyl.

For more information about Record Store Day visit www.recordstoreday.com

Source: Sys-Con Media

New Mono Band track on a charity album [update 05/04]

April 3, 2012  |  Comments Off on New Mono Band track on a charity album [update 05/04]  |  by Luc  |  Mono Band

“Won’t Leave No More” will be featured on “Life Support”, a compilation of exclusive tracks from some of the Ireland’s finest artists to be released on April 20.

Proceeds from the sales of the album will go to Pieta House, a suicide and self-harm crisis centre located in Limerick. Life Support to be released on Delphi label, will be available both online and in stores for €9.99. The album, which is entirely funded by Live 95FM and Delphi Label, is on sale on the label’s website.

Noel recorded this Mono Band track with vocalist Finn Chambers last Fall along with other track to be featured on an upcoming second album.

The Cranberries will not record another ‘Wake Up’-like album

March 30, 2012  |  2 Comments  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

The Cranberries will not rush into recording a new album, according to Noel Hogan. The band does not want to repeat the errors they made with “Bury The Hatchet” and “Wake Up and Smell the Coffee”.

“When I listen back to particularly the last two albums before we took the break, the things on there, I kind of go ‘God, what was I thinking!'” said Hogan with a laugh to Chanel News Asia.
“We’re not going to do that again. If that (writing songs for a new album) takes a few years, so be it. If you rush into this just to get a song out, you have to live with it for the rest of your life.”

Hogan also told that, beside the fact that they all became parents and wanted to spend time with their family in the early 2000’s, they went into hiatus because “the fun had gone out of it. We just kind of weren’t really feeling it was working for us any more. We weren’t arguing with each other, because I don’t think anybody cared enough to even bother arguing.”

About the Roses Tour setlist the band intend to keep playing their past hits while adding a bunch of new songs from Roses: “We are still going to do the hits because if I go see a band, and they just play all the [songs from the] new album, and nothing else, you kind of go ‘Oh God’ [as] you are kind of waiting for the hits all night. I hate it when that happens!”

Sourcechannelnewsasia.com

Goodbye Oceania!

March 29, 2012  |  Comments Off on Goodbye Oceania!  |  by Luc  |  The Cranberries

The Cranberries ended up the NZ/Australia leg of their “Roses Tour” on Wednesday. The band was the opening act on six Lenny Kravitz concerts where they performed about 14 songs every night.

They also gave two full-length shows, one in Auckland and one in Sydney. This last was first scheduled on March 22nd but was postponed to the 26th because Dolores suffered from food poisoning. Of course the band performed more songs from the new album “Roses on those two shows (6 in Auckland and 5 in Sydney – Sadly, “Astral Projections” was cut off the setlist in Sydney).

Next stop:  South Asia!

“Conduct” – Enmore Theatre, Sydney

Thanks to Nikki (for the info and “Conduct” video)

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